The two of them could hardly believe their ears.
"My dear child, she said she drained the nation's fortune. What would happen if a country lost its national fortune?"
Wu Hua never expected Chunyu Ying to be so vicious; she really wanted to make her spit out the pills she had given her.
"Once the nation loses its destiny, its fate will come to an end. Major cities will be occupied by enemy forces, and the people will be displaced and suffer unspeakable misery..."
"Damn it..."
After hearing Wu Hua's words, Qin Luo almost swore.
“When will you high-ranking officials lower your heads and look at those innocent people, and at the sins you have committed?”
Chunyu Ying knew his sins were grave and never even considered arguing.
"I know I deserve to die, and I am willing to bear the consequences of my crimes..."
“Bear the blame? How can you bear this blame? In the end, it will be your family and your followers who will bear the consequences that do not belong to them.”
After Qin Luo finished speaking, Chunyu Ying felt ashamed. Although she had done many wrong things for that illusory love, she had never regretted it.
But she felt immense guilt towards the people of the Central Plains, for they had always been proud of her as a princess who had ascended to heaven at such a young age.
Little did they know that this very person they believed in would ultimately bring about the downfall of the Kingdom of Zheqi.
"I wasn't thinking clearly at the time, and I was provoked by others, which led me to make a big mistake. By the time I came to my senses, it was too late, but I did try to make amends..."
Qin Luo, however, questioned him with suspicion.
"Make amends? How will you make amends?"
"I distributed all my wealth to the people, and I did not keep the blessed rain after the tribulation to myself..."
If Wu Hua hadn't been there, Qin Luo would have loved to hurl the most vulgar insults at her.
"What kind of compensation is this? Those so-called assets will be of little use to you after you ascend."
As she spoke, she exhaled deeply, as if expressing her inner emotions and lamenting the injustice done to those innocent people.
"And that damned 'auspicious rain,' though it might extend their lives by a year or two, once war breaks out, the fighting will never end. In that time, clinging to life will be worse than being dead..."
After she finished scolding, Chunyu Ying did not try to defend herself.
"Since things have come to this, I can only repay this debt by being a cow or a horse for all eternity."
Qin Luo didn't even bother to acknowledge her, but Wu Hua burst out laughing.
"She has harmed so many people, and she still wants to be a slave in the next life. Oh no, I should say, she wants to have a next life. That's just a pipe dream."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Luo immediately echoed his words.
"That's right. I reckon that after she died, her soul would suffer all kinds of torture in the underworld, and then endlessly reincarnate until her three souls were extinguished and her seven spirits perished."
Chunyu Ying's eyes were filled with fear after hearing this, but her attitude remained good.
"Whatever punishment I receive, it is what I deserve."
"Hmph, at least you have some self-awareness."
As the three were chatting, Jiu Fangduo's world collapsed.
Now that her cultivation has been destroyed, she can't stay in Wumang City for even a day longer.
Who knows when it might be skinned alive and dismembered, and turned into an accessory?
He had thought the Central Plains was his last resort, but he never expected that even that resort would be ruined by that fool Chunyu Ying.
Originally thinking that the Jimo family was unreliable, Chunyu Ying's royal status could still be of some use.
Judging by the timeline, the Kingdom of Zheqi should have changed dynasties long ago. If the Kingdom of Zheqi is gone, then the Jiufang family and the Jimo family would probably have been completely wiped out.
Thinking of this, she completely collapsed, lying silently on the ground, looking like a dead dog.
Qin Luo and Wu Hua ignored her and, after hearing Chunyu Ying's story, released Ji Mo Kunyu.
The two men initially intended to remind him to wear his veil properly, but then they thought about it, since Jiu Fangduo and Chunyu Ying had already broken ties.
There's no need for him to exploit his injuries to gain sympathy or use others' strength against him.
The moment Ji Mo Kunyu appeared, Jiu Fangduo was stunned.
Contrary to Qin Luo's description, he was not in a miserable state at all; on the contrary, he looked radiant and relieved.
Apart from being missing an ear, he doesn't look like he's suffered any major hardship.
This made her wonder if Qin Luo and Wu Hua had been lying to her about what they had said before.
Chunyu Ying, however, appeared extremely surprised, as she was the one who had caused Ji Mo Kunyu's injury.
She knew better than anyone the exact extent of her injury and the degree to which it had become infected.
She scrutinized the person before her, as if trying to discern something different about him.
But when her eyes fell on Ji Mo Kunyu's lost ear...
That's when she realized that the person in front of her was the one she had tormented before.
She wanted to ask why someone who had lost his golden core could recover so quickly.
But when he caught a glimpse of Qin Luo and Wu Hua out of the corner of his eye, he knew there was no need to ask any more questions.
Ji Mo Kunyu looked at the two people who were once high and mighty, now groveling like stray dogs.
However, he didn't feel as happy as he had imagined; instead, a sense of desolation rose within him.
He walked slowly to Jiu Fangduo, squatted down to look her in the eye.
“Jiu Fangduo, although you have used me in every way, you have now received your retribution. I no longer hate you. From now on, we are even, and we will never be strangers again.”
His words were devoid of any emotion, as casually as discarding an unwanted item.
Jiu Fangduo's eyes welled up with tears; she knew that Ji Mokunyu had heard everything Chunyu Ying had just said.
She could no longer deny it; from this day forward, she had truly lost the person who had always been by her side, without complaint or regret.
Watching Ji Mokunyu calmly get up and leave, she still couldn't help but yell at him.
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